Normally I don't get to do anything productive on Saturday, so it's a nice change that I'm up and DH isn't! :laugh: So far I've: - picked up DS and friend from youth lock in - dropped friend off for cross country practice - washed 2 loads of laundry - conned DS into putting away dishes - washed dishes - practiced worship lineup for church tomorrow Still to come: - stop by bank to take out rent - pay a couple bills - grade biology & government quizzes - dinner & painting class with a friend

Cindy, I had to like and unlike your post just so I could like it again. :lol:

My office recently ordered some from customink.com. We're pleased with them.

Here's a link to Outlander Podcast's review of Ep 107: The Wedding. Very good official episode photos of Sam in Jamie's wedding finery. Not as good as the casual photos of Sam in his kilt and leather jacket from the UK Soap Awards but I can't find a photo I can link.

I didn't go to my 10 year reunion because it was held at a bar and I don't regret it. I don't even know if they had a 20th. If they did, I didn't know about it. Most of the people I hung out with in school were a year ahead of me and wouldn't be at my reunion anyway. The 2 people I considered to be close friends I'm still in contact with anyway. Neither of them went to the reunion either.

I did! I thought the episode was tastefully done. Hot and steamy without being over the top. The wedding gown is absolutely gorgeous. I loved that Cait had to stand on her tiptoes to kiss Sam. She's not a short woman!

Season 1 will cover the entire book. It's a split season with 8 episodes now, then 8 more starting in early 2015. This gives the cast a break over the winter months and allows the editing crew time to finish post-production on episodes 15 & 16 before starting pre-production on season 2 episode 1 & 2.

High school was about having a social life for me. I partied, I drank, I skipped school. I maintained a fairly standard A/B average with minimal effort but had a tendancy to not do assignments I felt were stupid and not worth my time. I could have been an honor-level student if I wanted, but I had absolutely no desire to put in more effort than necessary. I did enjoy all my English classes, especially the academic level class my senior year. The teacher didn't care about teaching that level and we could easily distract her from lessons by asking about the archeology digs she always went on during vacations. French was fun b/c it was different, and I enjoyed all the home ec classes I took. Psych was taught by the girl's tennis coach and she was a riot.

In Texas late 80s/early 90s I think I had to take 1.5 yrs. It was a joke though. We'd do a unit each of softball and volleyball, and most of the rest of the year was spent either walking the track or the school campus, or we had "free play" in the gym which meant tossing basketballs or sitting upstairs pretending to be doing something. Now kids have to take 1 year in high school but there's a gajillion things that can be taken in lieu of a traditional PE course.

As the wife of a husband who types everything, everywhere without capitalization or punctuation I beg of you to please make your DS write proper sentences! I refuse to allow DS to get away with this in any forum because I don't want him to fall into the habit and spend the rest of his life typing like his dad. It drives me absolutely bonkers when DH wants me to read an email or message to someone.

DH broke his family's tradition by refusing to pass down his first name to eldest DS. He doesn't like his name and wasn't going to subject it on anyone else. My dad's paternal family had a tradition of naming the boys John but they were each called something different. My oldest brother John doesn't have kids, but our younger brother named his son John and calls him by his middle name. My dad's maternal family gave each girl their mother's first name and a different J-middle name. Most of those girls then did the same thing and named all their own girls with the same letter. It's a very large Catholic family and extended reunions are crazy. Both my boys and my DIL have an A name. We joke that DS16 will have to marry a girl with an A name to carry on the tradition.

Curriculum hopping without giving the first one a decent change to work, or to be adapted. Not taking time to just have fun and relax and destress from school.

My brother wears kilts. I can ask if he'd volunteer a few photos. The Texas Ren Fest is coming up next month. I wasn't planning on going but I could maybe see about hitting up Celtic Weekend so I can take kilt pictures.

We always started talking about names once we found out about the baby. With DS20, we had a name picked out and during lunch the day we found out for certain he was a boy, we knew that the name we'd picked wasn't right for him. By the end of lunch he had a new name and it never wavered from that. With DS16, we couldn't agree on ANY names. We ticked and check marked our way through an entire baby name book during the pregnancy, and the week before his due date we finally had 2 names we could agree on. Thankfully those names suit him very well, so I suppose they were always meant to be his names.

Oooh, this sounds really good. But of course I can't have boxed rice a roni so I'll have to figure out how to make a homemade version of it first. Food allergies completely suck sometimes. I keep meaning to buy some arrowroot to use as a thickener but it's not available at my local grocery store and I don't usually think to stop by the health food store on a Saturday to pick some up. Thanks! I'll check that link out too. DH would *love* stock made with mushrooms. I can't stand them in any form and don't like anything made with them. I swear I can taste them, even if I don't know it was in the food. But now I'm worried that he put mushrooms in my stock b/c I know he has some at home that he bought this weekend for salads.

Oh my gosh, these recipes look delish! Can't wait to be able to read through all the links. Broth has been simmering low and slow for about 36 hrs. DH is in charge of seasoning it, but I know he tossed in some celery greens and green onions I had set aside in the fridge for that purpose. He said he'll separate out the chicken today so I can make soup tomorrow. :) Have you tried using coconut milk? A lot of the dairy-free recipes I've come across sub with coconut milk at an equal ratio. We're wheat/soy free so I think I'm going to have to find a really good GF baking mix or figure out how to sub the wheat flour in some creamy soups with coconut flour.

This sounds really good!! I'm going to have to ask my favorite shop if they can make me one next time I'm there.

DH wants to start making more soups. I've done lots of searches on google and pinterest but am overwhelmed with the options and have no idea what's good and what's not. So will you please share your favorite links or personal recipes with me? I especially need a good chicken soup w/ gnocchi or dumplings (I have chicken broth in the crockpot as I type), but would also like a good classic style tomato soup and whatever other varieties are good.

I used to like pumpkin lattes but have found this year I don't care for it. My go to choices are: Caramel Caramel Mocha Raspberry White Mocha Peppermint Mocha Creme Brulee

DS spent most of his Sunday afternoon finishing up last week's assignments. There's still a few to go but we're about to go over assignments for this week.

I know my brother resents my dad for not allowing him to be tested and diagnosed. There's never been any doubt that he's on the severe end of the ADHD scale and most likely would have benefited significantly with medication. My dad has said he regrets it now as well, but for whatever reason my brother is now resistant to being tested. I think he'd still benefit from it. I never resented my parents for not having me tested but back then they didn't usually test girls anyway. While I was an extremely active tomboy, I was also the daydreamer, nose always stuck in the a book kind of girl. I had 2 speeds - on and off - and it wasn't until I was an adult and dealing with my own kids that I realized I was ADHD. I suspect that DS16 carries some resent against DH for not letting him be tested. Heck, I know I do, but it's a battle that I absolutely.will.not.win and I refuse to go against DH's wishes behind his back. Not that I haven't thought about it a thousand times over. :glare: DS knows that I will fully support him if he choose to get himself tested and put on meds as an adult. And in the meantime, I just keep praying that DH will get over it and see that meds might be helpful. (FWIW, DH has a thing against children being labelled with anything that falls into a mental disorder category. I'm nearly certain that DS20 would have been diagnosed with Asperger's if he'd been tested as a child, but of course testing wasn't permitted.) DS16 was like this too. Constant non-stop action from the get go.

I would go back through and heavily review the problem areas until he fully understands those concepts, then let him retake the final. Algebra was a sore spot for us. We changed curriculum way to much and after 2 years of battling over it I said enough was enough and assigned a final grade based on the cumulative of the exams he'd done to that point. I'm almost positive he's going to have to take a remedial level math course next year at the CC but we both decided we're okay with that. He needs much more thorough math tutoring than DH or I can provide.

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Our landlord only accepts cash for rent. At the end of August I had 2 days off work and DH kept reminding me to not forget about taking rent out of the bank. I told him I'd go Saturday. Saturday came and went and I completely forgot about going. Next thing I know it's Sept 1 and rent is due - only it's a holiday and the bank is closed. I ended up going to 2 different Walgreen's to hit up the ATM. Nothing like paying rent with a huge stack of 20's, right? Thankfully DH never commented on it.

I hate silence unless I've specifically sought it out. I've always focused best with vocal music or a TV on in the background. DS is the same way but it drives DH crazy when he listens to music while doing school work. DH is convinced he can't possibly focus with music on, b/c DH likes it quiet. I say invest in good headphones and let her be.